Order of horses: By post position, saddlecloth numbers. Odds: Morning line (in parentheses).

Post: 5 p.m. TV: NBC (coverage begins 4 p.m.):

1. Mint Slewlep (30-1)

Owner: Marshall Dowell. Trainer: Robert Bailes. Jockey: Alan Garcia.

Sire: Slew City Slew. Dam: Cry Me A River. Record: 7-2-0-1. Earnings: $64,304.

Comment: If nothing else, this $200,000 2-year-old purchase is well traveled. … Pimlico will be his fifth track since beginning his career Aug. 16. … Has already started at Saratoga, Laurel, Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., and Aqueduct. … He scored both of his victories at Laurel, so he is comfortable in Maryland. … Finished nearly two lengths behind C P West in the Withers in his last race, April 28 in New York.

2. Xchanger (15-1)

Owner: Circle Z Stables. Trainer: Mark Shuman. Jockey: Ramon Dominguez.

Sire: Exchange Rate. Dam: Saragoza. Record: 8-3-0-2. Earnings: $291,990.

Comment: Only horse in the field with experience at Pimlico. … Extremely impressive in winning the Federico Tesio against suspect opposition in his Pimlico debut April 21. … Did not run well in his lone start in a Grade I as a 2-year-old, finishing sixth in the Champagne in October at Belmont Park. … Defeated by more than 12 lengths by Curlin in the Rebel.

3. Circular Quay (8-1)

Owner: Michael and Doreen Tabor. Trainer: Todd Pletcher. Jockey: John Velazquez.

Sire: Thunder Gulch. Dam: Circle Of Life. Record: 8-4-2-0. Earnings: $1,147,434.

Comment: Originally was going to skip the Preakness after finishing sixth in the Derby, but Pletcher reversed course and decided this week to run this colt. … Could improve with that last race behind him, as he ran in the Derby after an eight-week layoff. … Before this year, Pletcher had run only a single horse in the Preakness – Impeachment, who finished third in 2000.

4. Curlin (7-2)

Owner: Stonestreet Stable, Padua Stable, George Bolton and Midnight Cry Stables.

Trainer: Steve Asmussen. Jockey: Robby Albarado.

Sire: Smart Strike. Dam: Sherriff’s Deputy. Record: 4-3-0-1. Earnings: $1,002,800.

Comment: Suffered first loss in Kentucky Derby but gained a lot of respect in defeat. … Overcame some early trouble, which cost him position, and rallied to complete the trifecta.

5. King Of The Roxy (12-1)

Owner: Team Valor Stables LLC. Trainer: Todd Pletcher. Jockey: Garrett Gomez.

Sire: Littleexpectations. Dam: Marrakesh. Record: 7-3-2-0. Earnings: $446,400.

Comment: After running five horses in the Derby, Pletcher decided to run only a pair this time. … Skipped the Derby after running second behind Tiago in a weak Santa Anita Derby. … Purchased privately by Team Valor, a partnership headed by Barry Irwin and Jeff Siegel, after his second start last summer at Hollywood Park. … Distance is the big question with this colt, who has not won beyond 71â2 furlongs.

6. Flying First Class (20-1)

Owner: Ellwood Johnston. Trainer: Wayne Lukas. Jockey: Mark Guidry.

Sire: Perfect Mandate. Dam: Flying In Style. Record: 5-2-1-0. Earnings: $111,096.

Comment: No match for Curlin in a pair of stakes at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., this year. … Earned his way to the Preakness with a decisive win in the Derby Trial. … Remains unproved around two turns. … Will become the record 32nd starter in the Preakness for Lukas.

7. Hard Spun (5-2)

Owner: Fox Hills Farms Inc. Trainer: Larry Jones. Jockey: Mario Pino.

Sire: Danzig. Dam: Turkish. Record: 7-5-1-0. Earnings: $873,470.

Comment: Like Great Hunter, he was bred in Pennsylvania. … No match for Street Sense in the final eighth of a mile at Churchill Downs, but he defeated the rest of the field by nearly six lengths. … Pimlico will be the sixth track for him. … Making his fifth start of the year, and he has yet to run at the same venue twice. … Pino has won more races than any other jockey in Maryland history and is approaching 6,000 victories.

8. Street Sense (7-5)

Owner: James B. Tafel. Trainer: Carl Nafzger. Jockey: Calvin Borel.

Sire: Street Cry. Dam: Beaudazzle. Record: 7-4-1-2. Earnings: $2,958,200.

Comment: The last Kentucky Derby winner to repeat in the Preakness was Smarty Jones in 2004. … Seeking his third victory away from Churchill Downs. … Besides winning the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and the Derby, he beat maidens at Arlington Park in his second race last August and won the Tampa Bay Derby this year. … Unbridled, who won the Derby in 1990 for Nafzger, finished second in the Preakness to Summer Squall, the Derby runner-up.

9. C P West (20-1)

Owner: Robert V. LaPenta. Trainer: Nick Zito. Jockey: Edgar Prado.

Sire: Came Home. Dam: Queen’s Legend. Record: 5-1-3-0. Earnings: $116,600.

Comment: Making second appearance in a Grade I. … Finished sixth, 22 lengths behind Street Sense in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in November. … Purchased for $425,000 as a yearling at the Keeneland September sale in 2005.